Boys’ Basketball: Somerset County Tournament “By The Numbers”

Here are the notes and stats on the Somerset County Tournament for boys’ basketball from 1988 to the present. Prior to 1988, the tournament was split up into A and B divisions. Results below are from the full tournament. Pre-1988 information may be published at a later date.

*Bridgewater-Raritan split into East and West schools in 1996, and merged again from the 1991-92 season.

Somerset County Tournament Titles Won (since 1988 merger)

  1. Bridgewater-Raritan, 10
    Gill St. Bernard’s, 10
  2. Franklin, 5
  3. Rutgers Prep, 3
  4. Bridgewater-Raritan West, 2*
    Ridge, 2
  5. Bound Brook, 1
    Hillsborough, 1
    Immaculata, 1
    North Plainfield, 1
    Somerville, 1
    Watchung Hills, 1

All-Time Somerset County Tournament Finals Appearances
Number of appearances followed by record in finals.

  1. Gill St. Bernard’s, 14 (10-4)
  2. Bridgewater-Raritan, 13 (10-3)
  3. Franklin, 10 (5-5)
    Rutgers Prep, 10 (3-7)
  4. Immaculata, 6 (1-5)
  5. Ridge, 5 (2-3)
  6. Bridgewater-Raritan West, 4 (2-2)*
    Somerville, 4 (1-3)
    Watchung Hills, 4 (1-3)
  7. Hillsborough, 3 (1-2)
  8. Bound Brook, 1 (1-0)
    Montgomery, 1 (0-1)
    North Plainfield, 1 (1-0)

Most Consecutive Finals Appearances:

  1. Gill St. Bernards, 10 (2010-2019)
  2. Rutgers Prep, 6 (2020, 2022-2026) (current streak)
  3. Bridgewater-Raritan, 4 (2004-2007)
    Franklin, 4 (2002-2005)
    Bridgewater-Raritan, 4 (1998-2001)
    Bridgewater-Raritan, 4 (1992-1995)
    Bridgewater-Raritan West (1998-1991)*

Most Consecutive Titles Won

  1. Gill St. Bernard’s, 5 (2015-2019)
  2. Bridgewater-Raritan, 4 (2004-2007)

Note: No other team has won more than two consecutive Somerset County Tournament titles.

Double Champions
Years the same school swept both the boys’ and girls’ Somerset County Tournaments

  • 1995: Bridgewater-Raritan
  • 2012: Gill St. Bernard’s
  • 2020: Rutgers Prep
  • 2024: Rutgers Prep
  • 2025: Gill St. Bernard’s
  • 1988: Bridgewater-Raritan West (boys); Bridgewater-Raritan East (girls)*

Both the SCT and the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournaments saw double champions in the same years:

  • 1995: Bridgewater-Raritan (SCT), Piscataway (GMCT)
  • 2020: Rutgers Prep (SCT), St. Thomas Aquinas (GMCT)